How to tan when you have white skin?
Publié le 01-03-2023 et mis à jour le 17-10-2024
That's it! It’s summer, vacation, we’re going to go on vacation! We're getting ready to sing about shellfish, crustaceans and... sunburn. Oops. With your fair skin, you are afraid of having redness from the first exposure.
When you want to tan in the summer and you have light and fragile skin, it can quickly become an ordeal for some people. Don't worry, as always, D-LAB gives you its precious advice to tell you that yes, yes: you tan when you are white.
Becoming bronze when you are white is a utopia for some people. However, it is possible. There are several steps to a safe and responsible tan : prepare your skin before exposure, protect it during, and moisturize it after.
The mechanisms of the skin before tanning
Before presenting these steps in detail, let's take a look at the skin and the tanning mechanism.
When we tan, we activate the pigmentation of the skin via the melanocytes, which are our melanin-producing cells: the pigment responsible for the coloring of the skin.
Tanning is actually a defense mechanism for the skin. When the skin receives UV rays on it, it defends itself by secreting melanin.
It is this increased production of melanin which colors our skin more intensely than normal and which causes what is commonly called tanning.
However, for fair skin, this exposure stage is painful and sometimes dangerous since it causes redness and burning and little or no nice tan.
The ideal would be to activate these melanocytes but without exposing yourself… Impossible you say? Well D-LAB has done it. With our special tanning capsule : Active Sun Complex, a tanning activator.
Indeed, skin food supplements are effective and recommended when you tan or are white.
Our Active Sun Complex contains carrot extract, which goldens and magnifies the skin.
Carrot is rich in beta-carotene and vitamins, very useful for tanning; apricot extract rich in antioxidants and pigments. Apricot optimizes the tan.
The formula also contains pomegranate extract titrated in punicalagins at 30%. This extract has a strong antioxidant action thanks to the powerful punicalingin polyphenols. It reduces hyperpigmentation and skin damage induced by UV rays from the sun.
Finally, the formula contains other active ingredients such as beta-carotene itself, blackcurrant extract or even astaxanthin.
With all this magical cocktail of protective active ingredients and precursors of tanning, you will obtain a tanned complexion before starting your exposure to the sun.
Antioxidants prevent the oxidation of free radicals which causes premature aging of the skin.
This tanning capsule will allow you to tan quickly, avoid freckles, sunburn, the risk of cancer of the skin, and you will get a perfect tan.
In addition to having a good look, you increase your sun capital, and thus, more and more times, we tan when we are white.
Our practical advice for the beach and swimming pool
It’s decided, this summer, we tan when we’re white. To protect yourself from UVA and UVB, we apply sun protection, sun creams with high protection SPF to delay the time of getting a sunburn as long as possible.
The best is to take waterproof ones so as not to pollute the sea, and go swimming whenever you want.
To prepare, there is no point in using self-tanner since it is superficial and absolutely does not protect the skin.
Simply bring your Active Sun Complex and your sunglasses.
Beats the tanning booth, these actions are harmful and give you neither vitamin D nor protection against the sun's rays.
As soon as you feel tanned and your skin starts to feel tight, you don't hesitate to put a beach towel on you to stop the process.
Once a week, we exfoliate our skin with a scrub to remove all the dead cells and we ensure the hydration of the skin with aloe vera, and vegetable oils such as monoi oil, coconut oil, etc. carrot oil which intensifies the healthy glow effect.
Aloe vera is indeed a very good after-sun that soothes and hydrates. Even dermatologists recommend it.
For fair skin, forget about milking fat. (Even for dark skin).
Moisturize your skin from the inside:
For a deep moisturizing action, we have Hyaluronic Absolute which acts like a water magnet and attracts water inside the cells for hydrated and above all plumped skin.
Other food supplements to combine
We find our Active Sun Complex in the Radiance-Total duo, accompanied by the Soothed Skin Complex, a formula rich in SOD, a powerful antioxidant that protects the skin from external aggressions, including the sun.
You can also choose to obtain the Active Sun Complex on its own, in a single formula.
To prevent the appearance of pigment spots, use the Luminous Skin Complex. Rich in maritime pine OPC, a patented active ingredient, melanin secretion will be regulated so that it is not anarchic and causes small brown spots.
We can also complement these skin cures with cures for the hair since they are also affected by the sun. Keratin Absolute to fix your hair to its bulb, and coat it. The Hydra-Capillaire Complex to hydrate your curly hair from the inside and nourish it intensely with its argan and safflower oils.
Finally, the Growth Complex to boost growth and the hair bulb to produce more hair and have a dream mane for the summer.
With all these valuable tips, you will obtain a progressive and uniform tan, and when you return to work, you will be able to say that yes, you tan when you are white.
